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I’m fascinated by the concept of the ordinary
becoming extraordinary. The transformation of water into wine at the Marriage at Cana is the first miracle
attributed to Jesus in the Gospel
of John. The wine is fix’n to run out and Christ performs a miracle by
turning water into the best wine, extraordinary, wine. The story begs the
question, what’s the significance
for us? I imagine each of us having a string of DNA
in us coded: extraordinary. It’s just
waiting to be released. The problem is it’s easier to be regular than
remarkable. The difference between being regular, being ordinary, are the
“extras” in life: making an extra effort
to support others; taking the extra effort to give credit where it’s due; going
the extra mile to put words and thoughts in to actions. Oswald Chambers wrote: “All of God’s people are ordinary people who have been made
extraordinary by the purpose He has given them.” All we need, to make extraordinary things
happen, is to listen to God and follow by it b…

Winston
Churchill said: “We make a living by what we get, but we
make a life by what we give”.I’m intrigued by Millennials. I was
reading one’s blog this week. This PhD wrote: “I embody [the] classic
case…educated but broke, smart but single, passionate but pretty lost…and like
nearly everyone else my age, I keep asking…why does everything feel so hard?!”While this feeling might not be true of all
a millennials, here’s a discovery that I’ve made while studying them, and I
think they nailed it: They love to give back to the community. “You should…give…as you have decided, not with regret or out of a sense of duty…” Godly “Giving Back” is where you give and
there is no personal benefits, no recognition, nothing tangible gets sent back
your way. Here the biggest and sole reward is the realization that you’ve made
a change in someone’s life. Think
about we can learn from this youngest generation. #minmchurch

“We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.” Thomas MertonResolve to practice the virtue of being at peace this New Year…Pkes

The Christian life is not just about a personal relationship with God, even if personal faith and responsibility are absolutely necessary. When too much emphasis is placed on a privatize salvation, we run the potential of getting so much wrong.

Avoid the draw to escape church citizenry. Becoming a disciple of Christ was never meant to be a solo expedition. Doing so means we expose ourselves to totally missing the opportunity to see the Eternal and His Holy Spirit in action: in real communities, in actual churches, in non-partisan politics, in obvious differences, in honest-to-goodness marriages, in authentic social discussions and during hard theological disagreements. You can't go it alone. Following Jesus shouldn’t be about intellectual assent, but rather it's communal activity, where-by we help ensure we don’t run the risk of missingthe Word who came to dwell among us. Consider that believing in Jesus and being mentored by the Holy Ghost is largely a group activity, albeit a…

Are you holding a close secret? Are you mum on something you're not supposed to tell anyone? If you’re like many folks I’ve met, you’re holding ‘something or other’ pretty close to your vest. And in doing so, as SNL’s Mike Myers would say: “Oh, I'm getting a little verklempt (farklempt). Most stuff is worth sharing, especially with the right person. While sharing personal “stuff” might seem like an invasion of privacy, it’s so worth the “vulnerability hangover”It’s worth being misunderstood and misrepresented. There’s desirability in discomfort. It's worth the death of your self-image and maybe even your brand. There’s benefit to owning up to what’s inside, no matter how difficult, because as the Psalmist wrote: Hidden things will always come out into the open. Secret things will come to light and be exposed.[1] Secrets bring bondage, sharing brings freedom. Freedom. Here’s what happens when you finally drop the act, when you finally admit that you're not fine, when you …

“..Like a sheep to a shearing, like a lamb to be slaughtered, he went—oh so quietly, oh so willingly..”The crucifixion of Christ, the awful marriage of human sinfulness and the pinnacle of divine grace, must remain an enduring mystery, a mystery of my faith — Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again. Good Friday calls on me to take another look, to remember, His death. ~Selah~ So in my exuberance to treasure all the beauty that is Easter, I must be careful not to scurry past Good Friday. Easter alone does not make Christianity unique. It’s Good Friday, coupled with Easter, where we find the uniqueness of Christianity. As you contemplate the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus, I pray that God will reveal his unfathomable love for you in new ways. May you know the love of the one who gave his life for you…#Pkes #MinMChurch #MetroLifeChurch